Why Does WWE Currently Suck? Wrestlers Or Bookers
After watching WWE's latest atrocious PPV offering in Judgement Day 2007 I'm beginning to seriously consider not purchasing another PPV until things are sorted but the bigger question should be who is to blame for the WWE currently sucking big time?
They may have had bad luck with injuries but that has always been a problem in WWE yet they've always coped. Now we have Raw which has seen the dullest world title reign I can remember and yet it is still going strong. SmackDown has seen Batista in every Smackdown PPV main event since last August despite the fact that he can't talk and he's crap in the ring. ECW meanwhile has never stood a chance because WWE have treated the project with little apparent interest.
Is WWE really so devoid of talent that it has given John Cena a year long title reign and Batista endless title shots ( and now a title reign ,sigh!!) or is the booking team at fault for delivering the same tired PPV's month after month and failing to spot the guys with real talent as opposed to the biggest biceps.
WWE have had some interesting concepts over recent months, including the bastard son story that is currently running, but the creative team haven't come up with satisfactory endings or have rushed stories with good potential to an abrupt end. The fact is that any of the WWE best feuds over the years where feuds which where built up over months and not having it's entire storyline contained inside three weeks to get on the next PPV.
How long did WWE tease fans about Batista turning on Triple H? Months and that's why it was such a huge success for WWE and why the fans where so into the feud. Whether WWE don't feel they have enough talent to keep a feud between the big guys simmering in the background or whether they actually believe throwing two guys in the ring together when the feud is only 3 weeks old is the best way to go I don't know but if they take a look through wrestling history they will see that the long brewing feuds have always been the most successful, both financially and in terms of quality.
Could the WWE keep apart guys in this way though with the talent they currently have? For instance could they slowly build up a battle between say Cena and Triple H whilst finding them enough opponents to get in the way until Wresltemania? In my opinion they could do this easily the two could just keep throwing each others names into promos, have stare downs and even be involved in bouts together ( just not one on one) whilst still facing the likes of Umaga and Orton etc. in the mean time. Instead WWE will probably just focus on the rushing promos and storylines together when the time comes and that is down to the booking.
Yes the WWE doesn't have the strength in depth it once had but the fact is that if a feud is sold well it will inevitably turn out successful. How many extra buy rates would WWE have had for Summerslam if the hatred between Cena and Orton had been building since Wrestlemania and the fans had been trained to want more than any other bout?
John Cena's title reign may still have been dull but in fairness to him because of the booking he never stood much of a chance of having a memorable title reign as not at any point was there a bout fans where desperate to see because the WWE had teased us with it so long. And with Smackdown the fans would've been far more desperate to see Batista win back his title if he'd been after a title shot for months, now it just feels like "so what! you where given enough chances mate".
With no feuds currently teasing us and Survivor Series, one of the big 4, just around the corner it could be a long Autumn/Winter for fans of WWE

1 comments:
The bookers are to blame. Did they
learn nothing from the death of
WCW? 1)You do not keep having the
same guys on top year after year
after year. 2) The titles are jokes. No one holds a belt long
enough to make it mean anything.
3) PPVs with gimmick matches have
become jokes. Both the Royal Rumble
and Survivor series have fallen into this. SS has maybe one or two
of that particular match and the rest are for titles. 4) None of the wrestlers today have memorable
names like the ones in the past did. Guys like Lex Luger, Tatanka,
Jim Duggan, Ricky Steamboat, Ric
Flair, and others. 4) None of them
have hardly any wrestling skills at
all. The ones that do are never allowed to show it. 4) Force HHH, The Undertaker, and others who have
overstayed their welcome to retire.
That was the main mistake WCW made
that led to its demise. 5) End DX
once and for all. It, like the NWO
was cool when it first came out but
has now become dull and boring.
6) Have Mcmahon have to admit that
the majority of his talent came from ECW and WCW. Mysterio, Booker
T, Steve Austin, Brian Pillman,
Undertaker, HHH, Eddie Guerrero,
Chris Benoit, Perry Saturn, Dean Malenko, Ric Flair, and many others
came from those two. WWF copied the
raunchiness from ECW to survive.
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